Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotope constraints from the Ailao Shan-Red River shear zone on the tectonic and crustal evolution of southwestern China

Chemical Geology

Volumn 291, Issue , 2012, Pages 23-37

  Lin, Te Hsien ^a   Chung, Sun Lin ^a   Chiu, Han Yi ^a   Wu, Fu Yuan ^b   Yeh, Meng Wan ^c   Searle, Mike P ^d   Iizuka, Yoshiyuki ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ailao Shan Red River shear zone; Crustal formation; South China; Tectonic evolution; U Pb and Lu Hf isotopes; Zircon

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BASEMENT ROCKS; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL FORMATION; GEOSPHERES; HF ISOTOPE; IN-SITU ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; LATE PERMIAN; LEFT-LATERAL MOVEMENTS; MAGMATISMS; NEOPROTEROZOIC; OLIGOCENE; PALEO-TETHYS; PETROGENESIS; PROTOLITHS; SHEAR HEATING; SHEAR ZONE; SOUTH CHINA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; STRIKE-SLIP SHEAR ZONES; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; YANGTZE BLOCK;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; RIVERS; ROCKS; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

HAFNIUM;

AGE DETERMINATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GNEISS; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGMATISM; OLIGOCENE; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROGENESIS; PROTOLITH; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AILAO MOUNTAINS; AILAO SHAN-RED RIVER SHEAR ZONE; CHINA; DIANCANG MOUNTAINS; YANGTZE PLATFORM; YUNNAN;

EID: 83155185562     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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